Posts by Steve Hodel
Pompidou Centre Black Dahlia Powerpoint 2006
Paris, France 2006- Author’s PowerPoint talk and Q&A on BDA In 2004 BDA was translated and published in France (L’Affaire Du Dahlia Noir) and thanks to the French people’s interest in all things NOIR my book remained on their national bestseller list for ten-weeks. That winter, I was invited to Paris and had three magnificent days visiting and doing both print and television…
Read MoreLASD Cmdr Tom Vetter Confirms High Command Knew Identity of Dahlia Killer, but informed him in 1962, "It Will Never Come Out."
Excerpt from Commander Tom Vetter’s television interview, September 2, 2004: “I was a detective then in 1962 and I was driving Undersheriff Jimmy Downy and he was going to lunch with then Chief of Detectives, Gordy Bowers and they were good friends. As we were driving along somehow the Black Dahlia murder came up in their conversation.…
Read MoreMyth of "Black Dahlia's Missing Week"
In my July 23, 2009 blog (1947 LAPD Confidant That The Black Dahlia Avenger Was A Serial Killer) we examined the myth of the Black Dahlia Murder being a “standalone” crime and produced the documentation and statements from LAPD showing what they actually believed — that her crime was a serial killing and was just one of many LONE WOMAN MURDERS perpetuated by…
Read MoreEVIDENCE ROOM BLOG ADDED TO WEBSITE
In anticipation of my soon to be released investigative findings documented in: MOST EVIL: The Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hill Hodel (Sept 22, 2009) I have added an EVIDENCE ROOM BLOG, to the website. (Enter off Homepage) Its purpose will be for the dissemination, review and exchange of new evidentiary information. The EVIDENCE ROOM BLOG’s primary purpose will be to…
Read MoreVictim and Lead Dahlia Detective Share Birthday
July 29, 2009 In another one of the many ironic twists of fate, related to the Dahlia story, today, July 29th marks the shared birthday of both Elizabeth Short and Finis Brown, the lead detective in her murder investigation. On the day of Elizabeth’s birth, Finis Brown (brother to LAPD Chief of Detectives,Thad Brown) turned 18. Finis retired…
Read More1947 LAPD CONFIDENT THAT THE "BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER" WAS A SERIAL KILLER
Truth Lost In Mist and Myths and of the Past The two major myths surrounding L.A.’s 1947 Black Dahlia murder were: 1) Elizabeth Short’s murder was a standalone. He never killed before or after. and, 2) “The Missing Week.” Myth has it that Elizabeth Short walked out the Olive Street door of the downtown Biltmore Hotel on January 9, 1947 and was…
Read More"Modesto's Lovers" – Dr. Hodel's personal Rorschach
Artist Fernando Modesto Confirms George Hodel Patronage “By 1990, Hodel had bought more than a thousand of his erotic paintings spilled with vulvas, phalluses, and mouths dripping with blood.” Kristine Servando, abs-cbnNEWS/Newsbreak Manila, Philippines, July 10, 2009 In an interview with Kristine Servando of the abs-cbnNEWS.com. entitled,A portrait of the artist as an oddball, Dr. George…
Read MoreLAPD Officer Myrl McBride – A Surreal Interview
In the summer of 2001, my girlfriend, Roberta McCreary (my researcher extraordinaire) and I drove to the seaside community of Seal Beach in Orange County, where I would conduct the most bizarre homicide witness-interview of my entire career. An interview with fellow retired LAPD officer, Myrl McBride, the last person to see Elizabeth Short alive. (With the obvious exception of her killer(s). …
Read MoreOld Dog New Trick – Rosco Rocks!
Rosco the Boxer begins read of BDA Romanian translation at 80! Orange County, California Rosco the Boxer, who is rapidly approaching his 80th birthday, with bull-dogged determination rarely found in dogs half his age has recently enrolled at an Orange County Community College to learn Romanian. His motivation? Purely personal. It seems he wants to read the…
Read MoreBrother Mike – A Happier Time
My brother, Mike Hodel was much beloved by many Angelenos and listeners of Pacifica Radio. Most knew him from the airwaves as a regular on KPFK radio. First as an investigative-reporter and news anchor, covering WATERGATE. (For which he won a “Golden Mike Award.”) For those of you who didn’t know his work, I recently came across a…
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